Prevalence of chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency in multiple sclerosis: a blinded sonographic evaluation

Phlebology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 52-60

  Tromba, L ^a   Blasi, S ^a   Vestri, A ^b   Kiltzanidi, D ^a   Tartaglia, F ^a   Redler, A ^a  

^a POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency; M mode; Multiple sclerosis; venous abnormalities; Zamboni's protocol

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN VEIN; CHRONIC CEREBROSPINAL VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FEMALE; GALEN VEIN; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROSENTHAL VEIN; STRAIGHT SINUS; TRANSCRANIAL DOPPLER; TRANSVERSE SINUS; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VEIN VALVE; AGED; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPLICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; HEMODYNAMICS; JUGULAR VEIN; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL VEINS; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; JUGULAR VEINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921366918     PISSN: 02683555     EISSN: 14333031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0268355513512823     Document Type: Article

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